Carrot-sweet Pepper Salad

Submitted by Barb G.

"An easy to make nutritious side salad. The recipe comes from Better Homes & Gardens."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (10 ounce) package carrots, juliene,matchstick,or coarsely shredded
• 1 medium green sweet pepper, cut into matchstick-size pieces
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon salad oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1⁄4 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts

directions

1. In a large serving bowl, gently toss together carrots and sweet pepper.
2. Stir in orange juice, lime juice, salad oil, and sesame oil.
3. Sprinkle with Peanuts.
4. Serve.

Reviews

[ellie_]

We loved this so-easy salad which we will be having often. By the way to make this even easier I used a pkg of baby carrots and I also used lemon juice instead of lime juice. Thanks for this wonderful easy recipe!

 

[Mona in Edmonton]

This salad accompanied a dinner of linguine in a zippy lemon sauce, and it was perfecto! I substituted a sweet red pepper for the green and added an extra carrot (4 big carrots in total.) It was very quick and easy to prepare with a vegetable slicer that julienned everything, and the family loved the crunchy raw vegetable-ness of it with it's nutty flavour. Excellent for those hot hot summer days. The chopped nuts made it look really interesting too!

 

[deborahlee555]

I am sorry to say I didn't care for this too much, and I was disappointed, because I had expected to like it, as it contained ingredients I like very much. I found the sesame oil flavor just too overpowering, and I felt it hid the other flavors. I tried to add some honey and soy sauce to bring out the rest of the flavors, but it didn't help much. I would suggest just adding a few drops of the sesame oil, and perhaps some toasted sesame seeds, rather than the 1/2 tsp. of sesame oil.